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However, one City player who has returned to the international stage is Adrien Silva.

The midfielder has been recalled to the Portugal squad for the friendlies against Egypt on Friday and Holland on Monday.

Silva, who was part of the team that won the European Championships, was left out of previous squads while he was unable to play for City after FIFA withheld his international transfer certificate following his move from Sporting Lisbon, but he has been free to play since January 1.

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He admitted, in an interview at the weekend, that in his five months on the sidelines one of his big concerns was for his Portugal future in what is a pivotal year for the 29-year-old.

Silva is one of 21 City players from the first team or development under-23s squad to be in action over the international break.

Jamie Vardy and Harry Maguire will link up with Gareth Southgate’s England squad for the friendlies against Holland, in Amsterdam, on Friday and Tuesday’s visit of Italy to Wembley.

Adrien Silva make his feelings clear to the assistant referee against Chelsea (Photo by Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images)

Demarai Gray and Ben Chilwell are in the England under-21 squad for Saturday’s friendly with Romania in Wolverhampton, and Tuesday’s European Championships qualifier with Ukraine at Bramall Lane, Sheffield.

Also on England duty are Harvey Barnes and Darnell Johnson in the under-20s and new signing Callum Wright in the under-18s.

Aleksandar Dragovic is in line to add to his 56 caps for Austria with friendlies against Slovenia on Friday and Luxembourg on Tuesday.

Midfielder Andy King, now on loan at Swansea City, has been selected by new Wales manager Ryan Giggs for the China Cup in Guangxi, while defender Yohan Benalouane could make his international debut for Tunisia against Iran on Friday or Costa Rica on Tuesday.

Also in action will be Academy Player of the Season Alex Pascanu, who is in the Romania under-21 squad to face England, and his City comrades Chilwell and Gray.

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Development squad striker George Thomas is in the Wales under-21 squad to face Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday, while keeper Daniel Iversen is in the Denmark under-20s squad to take on Austria on Thursday and Georgia on Tuesday.

Finally, midfielder Bartosz Kapustka, on loan at SC Freiburg in Germany, has been named as part of the Poland under-21s squad to face Lithuania on Tuesday evening.